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LAW AND THE HOODOO.BROOKS ARRESTED CHARGED WITH USING UNCANNY ARTS.Ilia Prosecutor Alleges That tlie Defend* ant Can* by Spells, Charm Dollars Ont of a Man's Pocket With the Utmost Faae,(Bob Parker, a waiter at thi Brown House, claims lie has been hoodooed by another negro named Brooks. He dolma he was not only hoodooed, but was tapped for about $18 while under the spell.He bad a warrant issued for Brooks, who wua arrested aud carried before Judge J. A. Thomas. He gave bond for bU appearance and the case will come up some jlmo this week.The story of how Brooks is alleged to hoodoo negroes as told by Parker h as ludicrous as it 1* interesting. Jie approaches the victim, says the plaintiff, whom he desires -to hoodoo and works a speH on him by taking his hand and rubbing it thoroughly. When the chanu . bogins to work he also begins to work his victim for nil he's worth. Parker says be charms away the coin, promising won to repay it at the ratio of about 100 to hWhen lie gets what he wants his victim in told to go wherever ho may with the full assurance tbit he has been given the clad hand which .will always ®t*iy by him and bring him the best luck the market affords. vIn the palm of the hand Brooks reads the fortune of his victim, and he paints glowing pictures ot' the future aa a result of the spei which bis been worked. Parker claims that he has done a regular E. S. Dean ‘business among the susceptible colored population, who could not reslat the charm of manner and siren song and dance of the skillful hoodoo, who eo kindly relieves it hem of .4 ho mouey aud care incident to riches.* Tl\e trial promises to develop some In-teresting features concerning the nature of the modern hoodoo as a business fac? , lor. . .
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Macon Telegraph
Macon, Georgia, US
Wed, May 12, 1897
Page 13
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UT, USA 30 Oct 2024
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